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Town life by
Table of contents includes: Types of towns -- Who lived in towns? -- Markets and fairs -- Large towns and cities -- Crafts and industries -- Guilds and apprentices -- Houses and homes -- Food and drink -- Health and welfare -- Religion in towns -- Body and soul -- Entertainment -- Town troubles.
Feudalism and Village Life in the Middle Ages by
Describes how medieval society was organized and the ways a Lord's lifestyle differed from that of a peasant's.
Life on a Medieval Manor by
The majority of people in Western Europe in the Middle Ages were peasants. Readers will enjoy discovering how a manor was run, the distribution of power on a manor, and what peasants' homes and daily lives were like. Topics include - the working lives of peasants - serfs and free peasants and what they did - peasant homes and the home of the lord of the manor - the manor court and peasant rebellions - women and children and tradespeople's roles on the manor.
The First Crusade by
Christians had been making pilgrimages to the Holy Land for centuries, but when local Muslim rulers began to persecute Christian pilgrims in the 11th century, Pope Urban II called for a crusade to recapture Jerusalem and to rid Europe of feuding Christian princes. Told using primary source material and illuminated manuscripts, this is the story of the successful but savage first crusade that established the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem in the Middle East in 1099.
A complete illustrated history of the Crusades and the crusader knights by
The medieval knights of Western Europe were central to the Crusades, and this book tells their story. Knights who took the cross did so for many reasons, and their experience in the Holy Land, in the Palestinian states they founded, and in the long journeys home are epics in themselves. This book examines the international chivalric brotherhood of crusading knights, typified in the military orders of the Knights Templar and Knights Hospitallers. It also details the battles and sieges fought, lost and won by the crusaders, the castles they built, the states they founded, the marriages, alliances and dynasties they began, their triumphs and victories, and their diversions, corruptions and failures.
A medieval castle by
Examines the development of forts and strongholds from the beginning of the Middle Ages, looking at the motives behind the building of castles and the variety of different people needed to make castle life run smoothly.
Weapons and Warfare by
A discussion of the tactics and technology of warfare during the Middle Ages, including the tradition of personal combat, the use of armour, castles and siege weapons, and the dominance of the mounted knight.
Science and Technology in the Middle Ages by
Contents includes Ideas and inventions, Farming, The mill, Making cloth, Building homes, Metalworking, Weapons, Alchemy, Making books, Medicine , Astronomy and timekeeping and Transportation.